How To Treat Occipital Neuralgia

Pulsed Radiofrequency

Pulsed radiofrequency treatment is a treatment used for multiple chronic pain syndromes, including recurrent occipital neuralgia. This is considered a non-ablative treatment that can be used as an alternative to continuous radiofrequency ablation. Instead of using continuous radiofrequency currents, pulsed radiofrequency therapy uses short current burst, and there's not enough heat to cause tissue coagulation. The treatment leads to an interruption of the pain signals the nerves send, keeping them from reaching the brain. However, unlike continuous radiofrequency treatment, this therapy doesn't cause permanent damage to the nerve fibers because the temperature doesn't rise higher than forty-two degrees Celsius. By comparison, continuous therapy can cause the fibers to reach temperatures of eighty degrees Celsius.

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